Palestine
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Israeli army summarily executed fleeing civilians in southern Gaza
Even before a short-lived ceasefire allowed journalists to enter the besieged southern Gaza Strip town of Khuzaa on 1 August, desperate reports of an Israeli massacre — including execution-style shootings — had emerged from survivors who had escaped to nearby Khan Younis. Continue reading
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Crimes against Humanity. Israel’s “Own Words”: “We Must Expel Arabs…We Struck Civilians Because They Deserved It” By Steve Chovanec
[After Israel won the Six Day War in June 1967] We enthusiastically chose to become a colonial society, ignoring international treaties, expropriating lands, transferring settlers from Israel to the occupied territories, engaging in theft and finding justification for all these activities. Passionately desiring to keep the occupied territories, we developed two judicial systems: one ?… Continue reading
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PCHR_e 5 August 2014: On the 28th Day of the Israeli Offensive: Israeli Forces Redeploy in Invaded Areas in the Gaza Strip; Complete Neighborhoods Destroyed; 11 Palestinian Civilians, Including 5 Children, Killed by Israeli Bombardment of UNRWA Shelter in Rafah
5 August 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press Releases Ref: 117/2014 Date: 04 August 2014 Time: 07:00 GMT On the 28th Day of the Israeli Offensive: Israeli Forces Redeploy in Invaded Areas in the Gaza Strip; Complete Neighborhoods Destroyed; 11 Palestinian Civilians, Including 5 Children, Killed by Israeli Bombardment of UNRWA Shelter… Continue reading
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Statistics: Victims of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza Since 08 July 2014
5 August 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press Releases Last updated: 07:00 GMT, 05 August 2014 Continue reading
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Israel’s Military Strategy:”Obliterate Them Completely”. Overwhelming Evidence of Genocide, Precise Data on Death and Destruction in Gaza By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Implementing a policy of genocide against terrorists including innocent civilians is permissible to ”achieve responsible goals” as formulated by the Netanyahu government. Continue reading
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Clash Of Civilizations By Gilad Atzmon
The Israeli army confirmed today that up to 130 Palestinian civilians were slaughtered in Rafah last Friday following the triggering of the Hannibal protocol – an IDF directive that is designed to thwart the capture of Israeli combatants. Israel unleashed its full firepower and flattened an entire neighbourhood using tanks, artillery and gunships murdering130 Palestinians… Continue reading
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Gaza 3 August 2014: Initial Statistics of Attacks on Basic Service Facilities
3 August 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Last Updated: 10:00 am, Saturday, 02 August 2014 Continue reading
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On the Times of Israel article “When Genocide is Permissible”
The English-language Israeli publication Times of Israel today published, and then quickly deleted, a blog post by the writer Yochanan Gordon with the extremely inflammatory headline “When Genocide is Permissible.” The post does not explicitly endorse the genocide of Palestinians, but it asks if doing so would be morally justified after building up the case… Continue reading
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Statistics: Victims of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza since 08 July 2014
30 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Last updated: 07:00 GMT, 30 July 2014 Statistics: Victims of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza since 08 July 2014 Wounded Killed Percentage No. Category Percentage No. Category 100% 5924 Total 100% 1324 Total Mostly Civilians Civilians 85.3% 1130 Civilians 27.5% 1634 Children 24.7% … Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 28 July 2014
28 July 2014 20:28:27 — williambowles.info Statement: Legal experts and human rights defenders demand international community end Israel’s collective punishment of Gaza (Mondoweiss) Gaza war on Facebook: Israel critics fired after ‘unacceptable’ comments (RT) Photos: Across the U.S., thousands continue to march in solidarity with Gaza (Mondoweiss) Continue reading
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PCHR_e 26 July 2014 On the 19th Day of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Before Declaration of Humanitarian Truce, Israeli Forces Escalated Attacks against Palestinian Civilian; 20 Members of One Family, Including 11 Children and 5 Women, Killed
26 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press Releases Ref: 103/2014 Date: 26 July 2014 Time: 07:00 GMT On the 19th Day of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Before Declaration of Humanitarian Truce, Israeli Forces Escalated Attacks against Palestinian Civilian; 20 Members of One Family, Including 11 Children and 5 Women, Killed; Israeli… Continue reading
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Media Coverup: US Played A Decisive “Behind the Scenes Role” in Israel’s Attack on Gaza By Jonathan Cook
Two reporters for major US TV channels were summarily “removed” last week from covering Israel’s attack on Gaza, moments before Israel launched a ground invasion. Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 24-25 July 2014
25 July 2014 18:55:33 — williambowles.info Netanyahu Targets Gaza Hospitals: Internationals Volunteer as Human Shields to Protect Shifa Hospital from Israeli Attacks (Global Research) Israeli Lawyer Doesn’t Deny Nuremberg Crimes on Palestinians (What the Nazis Did to the Jews) (WashingtonsBlog) Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches 846; 37 Israelis die since military operation (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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PCHR_e] On the 18th Day of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Israeli Warplane Attack Shelter of Displaced Civilians Killing 11 and Wounding Dozens; Israeli Forces Attack Medical Crews and Ambulances; Israeli Forces Attack Gaza from the Air, the Sea and the Ground
25 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press Releases Ref: 101/2014 Date: 25 July 2014 Time: 07:00 GMT On the 18th Day of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Israeli Warplane Attack Shelter of Displaced Civilians Killing 11 and Wounding Dozens; Israeli Forces Attack Medical Crews and Ambulances; Israeli Forces Attack Gaza from the… Continue reading
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Gaza, Israel and ‘Human Shields’ By Sarah Gillespie
Netanyahu, pro Israeli media and Zionist supporters can’t resist endlessly recycling their trope that the Hamas use civilians to guard their rockets. They are clearly flummoxed as to why this assertion does nothing to quell the snowballing international outrage at the massacres they are committing. Their argument attempts to plant in our minds the notion… Continue reading
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PCHR_e 24 July 2014: Another Bloody Day of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Dozens Palestinian Civilians Killed or Wounded by Israeli Attacks in Khuza’a, ‘Abassan and al-Qarara Villages; Israeli Forces Attack Gaza from the Air, the Sea and the Ground
24 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press Releases Ref: 100/2014 Date: 24 July 2014 Time: 07:00 GMT Another Bloody Day of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Dozens Palestinian Civilians Killed or Wounded by Israeli Attacks in Khuza’a, ‘Abassan and al-Qarara Villages; Israeli Forces Attack Gaza from the Air, the Sea and the… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Disgustingly Biased’ – The Corporate Media On The Gaza Massacre
The bias in failing to report the brutalisation of a trapped, impoverished people under occupation is staggering. Many might wonder why journalists fail to speak out. But several journalists who have exposed Israeli actions, and media bias favouring Israel, have been punished. Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 23-24 July 2014
24 July 2014 18:17:31 — williambowles.info Over 60 Palestinians killed in Gaza over past 24 hours (ITAR-TASS) How Israel militarized social media (Mondoweiss) U.S. casts lonely vote against establishing war crimes inquiry in Gaza (Mondoweiss) Continue reading
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Another Massacre in Gaza, This Time in Khan Younis
Another massacre is underway in Khan Younis, where relentless Israeli shelling and sniper fire are wreaking death and destruction on all that moves in the zone east of Khan Younis city. Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 22-23 July 2014
23 July 2014 16:37:42 — williambowles.info ‘Heartbreaking’ is U.S. government’s talking point for Gaza massacre (Mondoweiss) 32 Israelis, 650 Palestinians killed over 16 days of standoff (ITAR-TASS) ‘We know that Israel has no red line when it attacks us’: Civilians bear the brunt as Israel’s offensive on Gaza continues (Mondoweiss) Continue reading
The New Dark Age 